[Popular Science News.]
    A queer way of employing ants is reported by an English gentleman who has been traveling through one of the provinces of China. It appears that, in many parts of the province of Canton, the orange trees are infested by worms; and, to rid themselves of these pests, the natives bring ants into the orangeries from the neighboring hills. The ants are trapped by holding the mouth of a lard bladder to their nests. They are then placed among the branches of the orange trees, where they form colonies; and bamboo rods are laid from tree to tree, to enable the ants to move throughout the orangery.
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